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EU budget talks suspended without agreement

German Chancellor Angela Merkel played down the likelihood of a deal at summit

Talks on the European Union's seven-year budget have been suspended without agreement.

EU leaders had been meeting in Brussels for a second day of gruelling negotiations as they attempted to agree a budget that will run until 2020.

Speaking after the meeting broke up, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said there is a feeling among leaders that an agreement on a long-term budget will be reached in January next year, during the Irish Presidency of the EU.